Joanne McCartney said the Government needs to ensure the capital’s emergency services are given the funding they need to meet demands: “Everyone relies on the emergency services to be there when they need them. With over half of

Londoners now expressing concern about the emergency services’ ability to cope, we need Government to recognise that blue light services cannot become the casualties of cuts.

“London’s population is already at a record high and is set to grow even further in coming years. Over the past five years our emergency infrastructure has been stretched with many of the capital’s A&E departments, police and fire stations closed and services now struggling to hit their targets. With the emergency services warning of further budget cuts on the horizon we have to be clear to Government, whoever is in power, that the burden of cuts cannot fall so heavily that our emergency services are unable to cope.”

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